Marc Godfrey Animator at Blue Zoo

Blue Zoo animation

Marc Godfrey is a talented animator who was one of the first students to sign up for the course at Animation Apprentice.

He is also one of the most dedicated, and we are proud that his dedication and commitment to the craft of animation has been recognised by the industry in the form of a job Blue Zoo, now the UK's largest independent TV animation studio.

To see Marc's excellent demo reel, watch the video below. A demo reel is an animator's calling card, their digital shopfront and the key to finding work.  If your demo reel isn't perfect, and completely free of mistakes, studios will not take you seriously. 

Marc Godfrey Animation Showreel 2015 from Marc Godfrey on Vimeo.

To read about how Marc kick-started his career, read this interview.  And to find out more about Blue Zoo, see this post. Blue Zoo are responsible for many TV series including Blue Cow and Those Scurvy Rascals, and also played a leading role in securing the recent tax credits from HMRC which have been a huge boost to UK animation in the past year.


To find out more about Animation Apprentice, click here for a link to Frequently Asked Questions. To sign up for our next classroom at Animation Apprentice, follow this link. For more information on finding work and surviving in the animation and visual effects business, read our post on how to find a job in the animation industry, and check out our post about what not to do at a job interview. Also see our post on starting your own small animation business, learn how to create an invoice, and see how we are helping our students find work through our film co-operative Nano Films.  Download the free Escape Studios Careers in VFX Handbook. Take a look at how awn.com can help you find a job, and read our piece about how to survive as a freelance animator. Also, find out what Cinesite look for in a student's demo reel, and read our post on setting up your own animation business. Also see our post about freelancers and taxes.